Warner Bros.’ Channing Dungey Sets U.S. Netlabors Team as She Takes Over

As she readys to comprise the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. netlabors to her oversight in January, Warner Bros. Television Group chairman/CEO Channing Dungey is finalizing the division’s new executive arrange. That includes broadening duties for her top lieutenant at Warner Bros. TV Group, Brett Paul, who will now also serve as chief operating officer for U.S. netlabors.

Those netlabors include HGTV, Discovery, TBS, Food Netlabor, TNT, Investigation Discovery (ID), TLC, Animal Planet, Cooking Channel, Cartoon Netlabor/Adult Swim and TruTV, all of which will now drop under Dungey as WBD U.S. Netlabors chairman/CEO Kathleen Finch departs at the finish of the year.

Like Dungey, Paul will now strcomprisele duties at both the studio and netlabors divisions, which unbenevolents he upgrasps his current role as pdwellnt of Warner Bros. TV Group while taking on new oversight at the netlabors. Paul will persist to inestablish to Dungey, and in compriseition to his contransient duties at the studio will now direct business afequitables and digital strategy for the netlabors, while helping Dungey in her arranges for the channels.

Dungey has also backd extfinishedtime Discovery netlabors exec Howard Lee to chief creative officer of U.S. netlabors; he also will persist in his current role as the pdwellnt and head of satisfied for TLC and Discovery. Lee inestablishs to Dungey and caccess on the satisfied strategy atraverse WBD’s licforfeit netlabors, on streaming service Max, and via global licensing and partnerships.

Among other U.S. netlabors appontments: Susan Kolar has been named chief financial and strategy officer for U.S. netlabors, and persists to inestablish to WBD chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels. And Karen Bronzo will persist as chief global tageting officer for U.S. netlabors and news, co-inestablishing to Dungey and CNN Worldexpansive chief operating officer David Leavy.

“Building on the set upation that Kathleen set uped, I am excited to proclaim the core U.S. Netlabors directership team who will drive a new creative vision and distribution arrange that best serves our audiences, our partners, and our business,” shelp Dungey in a statement. “This strong group will labor to redepict the role of the U.S. Netlabors by fortifying our licforfeit business while continuing to grow a satisfied engine that feeds Max and originates shows that cleverly leverage and back our unparalleled IP.”

Dungey gets over equitable as Warner Bros. Discovery proclaimd arranges to split into two branch offent operating divisions, one for the licforfeit TV netlabors and another caccessed around production studios and streaming platestablishs. Despite the split of studios from netlabors, Dungey will have a toe in both divisions as she deal withs both the company’s studio operations and its TV netlabors — and now Paul will also be in both worlds.